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A study of nearly 400 patients shows that sleep problems are common, and persistent, following a concussion.

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified that a blood-based hormone, acyl-ghrelin, is raised in some adolescents following exposure to traumatic stressors. This rise is sustained for years and these individuals are more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder.

Can babies remember what they have learned – and under what circumstances?

Selective communication among different brain regions is crucial for brain function. But the weak and sparse connectivity of the brain is a big hurdle. During the last decade neuroscientists have identified various means by which this limitation can be counteracted. Now scientists have identified a new role of bi-directional connections in accelerating the communication between brain regions.

War atrocities are sometimes committed by 'normal' people obeying orders. Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience measured brain activity while participants inflicted pain and found that obeying orders reduced empathy and guilt related brain activity for the inflicted pain.

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound, negative impact on nine out of ten people with experience of eating disorders, a new study from Northumbria University, Newcastle, reveals.

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered a way to regenerate, in mice and human tissue, the cushion of cartilage found in joints.

These findings suggest that two unique types of learning signals are computed in distinct but interacting regions in the human brain.

Scientists have discovered a series of protein structures that are thought to be highly relevant to the onset of Parkinson's disease.

The neurons of layer 6 - the deepest layer of the cortex - were examined by researchers to uncover how they react to sensory stimulation in different behavioral states.